Business Meetings

September 24, 2006

BENTON HARBOR -- Lake Michigan College's Community and Business Services division is offering a series of professional development workshops during October and November at its M-TEC at Lake Michigan College facility located at 400 Klock Road, Benton Harbor. Supervisors' Certificate Program Mondays, Oct. 2 through Nov. 20, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Fee: $299 Spanish for Financial Institutions Mondays, Oct. 2 through Nov. 20, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Fee: $199. Diversity and Inclusiveness Tuesday, Oct. 10, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fee: $129 Public Speaking and Presentation DeliveryImprovement Systems Tuesday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fee: $199 To register for any class, those interested should call (269) 926-4296. MISHAWAKA -- Michiana Ad Club (MAC) and the Michiana Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) will sponsor a luncheon and three-hour seminar on Oct. 25 at the Riverside Terrace, 426 Lincoln Way East in Mishawaka. Networking begins at 11:45 a.m. The luncheon and seminar will be held from noon until 8 p.m. A kickoff celebration for the merger of MAC and the Michiana Chapter of AMA will also take place. The seminar, "Becoming Uncommon Seminar and x-Lunch," will feature speaker Michael York. York is a professional speaker and president of Rock Solid Training and The Michael York Co. in Charlotte, N.C. Admission is $25 for MAC & AMA members, including students. The cost is $99 for nonmembers. To make a reservation for the luncheon and seminar, call (574) 323-7190, or fax a reservation to (574) 233-3066. There is no cost for this event. MISHAWAKA -- The Indiana Department of Workforce Development and Indiana Economic Development Corp. have designated September as Small Business Month. The agencies are hosting forums and have scheduled visits throughout the state to more than 150 small businesses. Partners in the effort include the Small Business Development Center and local chambers of commerce. One of the forums will be held in Mishawaka Friday, Sept. 29, at Windsor Conference Center, 4020 Edison Lakes Parkway, Mishawaka, from 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Signal Learning, Janet Reiter, at (574) 254-7020. BENTON HARBOR -- Lake Michigan College, Whirlpool, Amtrak, and Blue Cross Blue Shield are teaming up to sponsor the Fall Trade Fair, Business After Hours. It will take place Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Mendel Center for Arts and Technology at LMC Grand Upton Hall. For more information, contact Pat Moody at (269) 757-0126, or Regina Ciaravino at (269) 757-0227. WARSAW -- Vel Sreedharan will be holding a Strategic Cost Management Workshop on Oct. 11 and Oct. 18 from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The workshop will take place at the Warsaw/ Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $225 per person. For more information, contact Kim Nance or Joy McCarthy-Sessing by Oct. 5 at (574) 267-6311. LAPORTE -- The Greater LaPorte Chamber of Commerce and Michigan City Area Chamber of Commerce present the 2006 Business Expo on Nov. 2. It will take place in the LaPorte Towne Square, formerly Maple Lane Mall. The event will be open to the public from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. and is open business to business from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. ELKHART -- The Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce has invited a representative of the new owners of the Indiana Toll Road to speak at the annual transportation reception Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. This will take place at the Matterhorn. Matt Pierce will be the guest speaker. He is the director of communications and government relations for Indiana Toll Road Concession Company. For more information, contact the Chamber at (574) 293-1531.